Skinflint

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skinflint \Skin"flint`\, n. [Skin + flint.]
     A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. --Sir W. Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  skinflint
       n : a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: {niggard},
            {scrooge}, {churl}]